The Alberta Wheat Commission and Alberta Barley Commission plan to share an office in Calgary through a joint lease agreement today.
Located at 6715 8th Street NE, the leased space will undergo renovations with a move-in date planned for August.
Darren Jorgensen, communications manager for the wheat commission, said the 9,000 sq. foot lease would eventually house nine AWC and 12 ABC personnel.
He said the shared arrangement is expected to offer numerous advantages.
“It’s something that we talk a lot about here at the Alberta Wheat Commission. We talk about the importance of collaborating with other commissions and other agencies as a means of aligning ourselves with other industry personnel and other industry-concerned individuals.
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“When you’re working together, two groups of people, two different offices who have their own culture and different ways of working and you put them around a table together … some real dynamic energy can happen and some real good creativity.”
The two groups have shared resources before, including trade show space and some communications campaigns.
Many farmers belong to both organizations because of their crop mix.
The other major advantage of shared space is better use of farmers’ check-off dollars that fund both organizations, said Jorgensen and ABC general manager Lisa Skierka.
